Proximity communication method
AssigneeLFKO Limited
InventorJae Kyun OH
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Abstract
A method of handling communication between devices 2, 4, 6, 8, comprises receiving the location of a first device 2; receiving the locations of a plurality of second devices 4, 6, 8; receiving a request from the first device 2 including a message for transmission and at target area 12; responsive to receiving the request from the first device 2, determining whether the location of one or more of the second devices 4 is within the transmission area 12 at the time of sending of the request; and responsive to determining that one or more of the second devices 4 is within the transmission area 12, transmitting the message to those second devices 4.
Claims20
A method of handling communication between devices, comprising:
- receiving the location of a first device;
- receiving the locations of a plurality of second devices;
- receiving a request from the first device including a message for transmission and data for determining a target area;
- responsive to receiving the request from the first device, determining an area surrounding the location of the first device, wherein the determined area is determined based on a rank associated with the first device or a user of the first device, preferably wherein the area increases with increasing rank;
- determining whether one or more of the second devices satisfies certain criteria, the criteria including at least that the location of the second device is within both the determined area and the target area at the time of sending of the request;
- and
- responsive to determining that one or more of the second devices satisfies the criteria, transmitting or making available the message to the second devices satisfying the criteria.
A method of handling communication between devices, comprising:
- receiving the location of the first device;
- receiving the locations of a plurality of second devices;
- receiving a request from the first device including a message for transmission and data for determining a target area, the target area having been limited by the first device so as not to exceed a maximum area determined based on a rank associated with the first device or a user of the first device, preferably wherein the area increases with increasing rank;
- responsive to receiving the request from the first device, determining an area surrounding the location of the first device, wherein the determined area is the target area;
- determining whether one or more of the second devices satisfies one or more criteria, the criteria including at least that the location of the second device is within the determined area at the time of sending of the request;
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- responsive to determining that one or more of the second devices satisfies the criteria, transmitting or making available the message to the second devices satisfying the criteria.
A mobile communications device comprising a memory, a processor, a transmitter, a receiver and location determination logic, the memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, will cause the processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- when operating in a transmission mode of operation,
- determining a location of the mobile communications device using the location determination logic;
- receiving a target transmission area surrounding the mobile communications device from a user;
- receiving a message for transmission from the user to a plurality of other devices within the target transmission area;
- and
- transmitting a request to a server using the transmitter, the request comprising the determined location of the mobile communications device, data for determining the target transmission area and the message for transmission;
- and
- when operating in a receiving mode of operation,
- periodically determining a location of the mobile communications device using the location determination logic and transmitting the determined location of the mobile communications device to the server using the transmitter;
- receiving a message using the receiver from the server, the message being sent from another device located within the vicinity of the mobile communications device;
- after receiving the message, receiving a positive or negative feedback from the user;
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- transmitting the feedback to the server for adjusting a rank associated with the other device or the user of the other device based on the feedback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.